Elections for the office of Maine House of Representatives were held in Maine on November 2, 2010. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was March 15 for candidates with partisan affiliations and June 1 for others. The primary election day was on June 8, 2010.

Members of the Maine House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They are subject to term limits of no more than four consecutive two-year terms.

Out of the 151 districts up for re-election, incumbents ran in 117 of them.

Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state house in Maine in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state house races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[1]

Year

Number of candidates

Total contributions

2008

355

$1,712,760

2006

364

$2,106,312

2004

384

$1,794,005

2002

373

$1,466,749

Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

Two incumbents (2%) face no competition in the November 2 general election and are thus, barring unforeseen circumstances, guaranteed re-election in November.

1 Democratic incumbent faced no November challenger

1 GOP incumbent faced no November challenger

Primary challenges

Retiring incumbents

Thirty-four incumbent Representatives are not running for re-election, while 117 incumbents (78%) ran for re-election. Of the 34 incumbents who are not running for re-election, 17 are Democrats, 16 are Republicans and 1 is Independent.

Qualifications

Section 4 of Part 1 of Article 4 of the Maine Constitution states, "Qualifications; residency requirement. No person shall be a member of the House of Representatives, unless the person shall, at the commencement of the period for which the person is elected, have been 5 years a citizen of the United States, have arrived at the age of 21 years, have been a resident in this State one year; and for the 3 months next preceding the time of this person's election shall have been, and, during the period for which elected, shall continue to be a resident in the district which that person represents."